3.The word origin in this passage means________.
A.血统 B.后裔 C.先驱 D.猿人
4.About 23% of people came from________.
A. China B. England
C. France D. some other countries besides France and Britain
5.Which of the following is true according to this passage?
A. There are 27 000 Canadian-Indians in Canada.
B. More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France in recent years.
B Early Canada
In 1497, an Italian John Cabot set out in an English ship, the Mathew, to find a western route(路线) to Asia. Instead he discovered a region that would one day form part of Canada. The waters around Cabots Newfoundland were full of fish that could be caught in baskets lowered over the ships sides. Cabot and his men were overjoyed, of course.
Though the region was discovered by Cabot, throughout the 16th century fishermen from England, France, Spain, and Portugal came in ever-growing numbers to fish in Newfoundlands waters. The French and English set up their bases on shore. They salted and dried the cod, a kind of fish, so that it wouldnt spoil on the long voyage to Europe. French fishing stations spread(延伸) out toward the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The English managed to stay in eastern Newfoundland, and finally Sir Humphrey Gilbert, an English explorer, made it part for the Crown in 1583.
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